About placements | University of Reading

Contact & Opening Times
The Placements Team is part of the University’s Careers and Employability Team and we specialise in and support credit-bearing placement activities across the University’s Schools and Departments. This includes the Professional Placement Year (PPY), shorter summer placements and mandatory clinical/educational placements.

Contact us

We offer in person and remote services, this includes 1-1 appointments and workshops.

What can we help you with?
In addition to PPY training programmes (central and school based), PPY central events and PPY Online Training on Blackboard, we offer 1:1 appointments which are all bookable on MyJobsOnline.

In addition to our PPY workshops and PPY Online Training on Blackboard, we offer 1:1 phone appointments which are all bookable on MyJobsOnline.

Placement Appointments
Our placement team support all students with the preparation for their course-based placements as well as extra-curricular internships and work experience. There are no right or ‘wrong’ questions to ask or subjects to explore during a placement appointment. A selection of common questions and subjects are below but don’t worry if you have something different you’d like to talk about!

There are no right or ‘wrong’ questions to ask or subjects to explore during a placement appointment. A selection of common questions and subjects are below but don’t worry if you have something different you’d like to talk about!

• What placement options are open to me?
• Where can I look for placement opportunities?
• What skills are employers looking for?
• What do I do to prepare for an interview?
• How do I get ready for assessment centres?
• Recognise & develop PPY employment skills
• Prepare CVs & application form
• Market your skills effectively
• Identify employers & vacancies of interest
• Understand the recruitment & selection process used by employers

Be inspired
Find out what students have to say about their placement experience.